2022 in the United States
The following is a list of expected and scheduled events for the year 2022 in the United States.
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Events
Predicted and scheduled events
- January 1 – Following the 2018 enactment of the Music Modernization Act, and assuming no further extensions to the term of copyrights become law in the interim, all sound recordings fixed before 1923 will enter the public domain in the U.S.; alongside that, books, films and other works published in 1926 will enter the public domain as well.[1]
- January 4 – The Biden administration is expected to impose a vaccine mandate and announce a deadline for businesses to follow it by.[2]
- January 6 – The United States is expected to commemorate the first anniversary of the 2021 United States Capitol attack.[3]
- January 11 – A special election is scheduled to be held in Florida to fill a vacancy in its 20th congressional district due to the death of Alcee Hastings on April 6, 2021.
- February 13 – Super Bowl LVI will be held.
- April – All data from the 1950 U.S. Census will be fully released to the public.[4]
- May – A special election is scheduled to be held in California to fill a vacancy in its 22nd congressional district due to the resignation of Devin Nunes to become the CEO of the Trump Media & Technology Group on December 31, 2021.
- July 16 – The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline in the United States will adopt the new three-digit N11 code 9-8-8.
- July 18 – U.S. District Judge Carl J. Nichols set a trial for this date for former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon. Bannon faces criminal charges for contempt of Congress after defying the January 6 commitee, which investigated the 2021 attack at the United States Capitol.[5]
- November 8 – The 2022 United States elections will select the 118th Congress as well as various state and local officials. This will be the first set of federal elections after redistricting reflecting the 2020 U.S. Census.[6] 36 states and 3 territories will have gubernatorial elections, and Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. will hold mayoral elections.
References
- "Orrin G. Hatch–Bob Goodlatte Music Modernization Act". United States Copyright Office. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
The federal remedies for unauthorized use of pre-1972 sound recordings shall be available for 95 years after first publication of the recording, ending on December 31 of that year, subject to certain additional periods. These periods provide varying additional protection for pre-1972 sound recordings, based on when the sound recording was first published: For recordings first published before 1923, the additional time period ends on December 31, 2021.
- "Biden vaccine rule: What you need to know about the January 4 deadline and appeals ruling". CBS News.
- Twitter; Email; Facebook (November 5, 2021). "Chris Reed: Get ready for Trump and his fans to treat Jan. 6 as anniversary to celebrate". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
- "When will census records be available?". www.census.gov. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
- https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-judge-sets-july-18-trial-date-trump-associate-bannon-2021-12-07/
- "How Changes to the 2020 Census Timeline Will Impact Redistricting". Brennan Center for Justice. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
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